The translation is that of the Book of Common Prayer. To each psalm is affixed a heading of its contents. At the end is written 'The end of king David's psalmes set downe in written hande by me R: I: anno domini 1593, etatis meæ 32'.

'The spy, discovering the danger of Armenian heresie and Spanishe trecherie, written by J. R. at Strasburgh, 1628'.

The principal question addressed is 'how far the light of Nature if closely adverted to, may be extended toward the making of good men?' The work was attributed to Floyer Sydenham by James Nasmith.

Contains entries on the different articles of the Christian faith according to the Roman communion. Many leaves are blank and the book is incomplete at the end.

Contains abstracts of sermons, notes, etc.

Miscellaneous theological notes in three different handwritings, on Church authority, Church discipline, the sacraments, and other topics.

A miscellaneous collection, beginning 'Tractatus de sacramentis ... Sacramentum hic instituitur ...'.

Begins ‘De censura in communi. Dico 1o censura lata sepe ...’; this seems to be an abridgement of J. de Dicastillo’s ‘Tractatus de censuris et pœnis ecclesiasticis’, Antwerp, 1562. The title is painted and ornamented.

(1) ‘Some considerations concerning episcopacie’, seventeenth century; (2) ‘Chronologicæ demonstratio’, seventeenth century; (3) brief notes on parts of the epistles to the Galatians, Colossians, Thessalonians, and the Revelation of St John, seventeenth century; (4) divinity commonplace book, seventeenth century; (5) moot cases, in legal French, eighteenth century.

‘Explicatio doctrinæ Christianæ’, written ‘per Joannem de la Vache, die Annunciationis B. Mariæ, 1633 A. D.’, beginning ‘Doctrinæ Christianæ breve quoddam compendium ...’. See also MS Dd.14.27 no. 1.

'A treatise, in the form of question and answer, on the difference of God's government of his Church under the law, and the government of his Church under the gospel', with a preface 'to the Christian reader'.

'A blow at the root; or modest historical enquirys, whether St Peter were ever at Rome? and bishop of that Church? wherein 1. the arguments of cardinal Bellarmine and others for the affirmative are considered; 2. various reasons taken notice of, which render the negative highly probable. by H. C.'

Three treatises, with prefaces, and tables of contents: (1) 'A new discovery of the old world'; (2) 'Actas Noachi rediviva'; (3) 'Remarques in the life of Noah after the flood'. By 'E. L.'

(1) on Gal. iv. 4, 5, beginning (after the text) 'St. Aust. in his 5 epi. ad Marcel. tells us of a certaine young man …'; (2) on Zech. ix. 9, beginning (after the text) 'What is here spoken by the prophet, is as St Matt. witnesseth in v. 5 …'.

(1) ‘An doctrina Trinitatis sit mysterium a seculis absconditum quod divini verbi patefactione hominibus innotescere debuit’, autore Thoma Pisecio. Anno 1605; f. 1 b contains the dedication to his brother Martin Pisecius a Martowic; it is an extract from a larger work, ‘De origine Trinitatis’, written in 1605, which perished by fire; (2) (at the other end of the book, reversed) a tract on the ‘Gloria patri’, beginning ‘Here very fitt occasion is offered ....’

Letter from A E Clarke [president of the Bible Brotherhood] (Oaklawn, Anerley Road, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/137/60 and stressing the atheistical aspect of Socialism.

Letter from Lady Dorothy Howard (Pudsey, [Yorkshire]) to WSC disassociating herself from the "rowdyism" of the Women's Freedom League and describing the gloomy prospects for the Liberals in the Pudsey by-election. Refers to a sermon by a High Church parson on the need to carry the Athanasian creed to the blacks of central Africa.

Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC enclosing a further £1000 [not present] to help the cause of Free Trade. Hopes to hear an account of WSC's holiday and notes with reference to the death of Professor William James that religious experience is useful in life but not in death. Refers to his visit to the Dublin Horse Show [Ireland].

Letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury [Randall Davidson] (Lambeth Palace [London]) to WSC concerning a possible misunderstanding which may have arisen: he informs him that he has spoken with the Bishop of St Asaph [Alfred Edwards] concerning the Welsh Church and possible legislation on its disestablishment. Signed manuscript.

Copy of a letter from [WSC] to [Ellis Griffith] concerning the Welsh Disestablishment Bill and including observations on the autumn Parliamentary session. Unsigned typescript.